Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Wartime York
York began as a fortress and has bee...
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Medieval City Defences
The king was concerned with the thre...
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Rebellion and Revenge
To make room for one of his castles,...
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Life in Medieval York
In the Middle Ages, York was home to...
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The Downside of Victorian York
Behind the genteel, historic charact...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Norman Religious Buildings
The religious foundations laid by th...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Shambles
- Water Lanes
- The Horn of Ulf
- Painting of 'Russian Icons'
- The Norman Castle
- A Pipkin
- The Assembly Rooms
- The End of the Abbey
- Industrial Upheaval
- Margaret Clitherow
- Joseph Terry & Sons: Chocolate Manufacturers
- The Newgate Cross Shaft
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- New Earswick
- Bone Trial Piece
- Mary Ward
- The Medieval Abbey